It seems every conversation about colourism in pop music must come back to Beyoncé. So it was when Mathew Knowles, record exec, former Destiny’s Child manager and Beyoncé’s father, appeared on SiriusXM radio to discuss research by Texas Southern University, where he is a visiting professor.
Because the establishment want it that way?
Because people are buying their music? Just a guess...
Using this picture for clickbait was just lazy.
Maybe some record execs saw Beyoncé slaying it and tried to replicate that as much as possible to cash in? It doesn’t have to so sinister
Why are there no white males on TV anymore?
Why is corporate media insane?
Glad people are getting sick with race-baiting like this.
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I don't believe Janelle Monee isn'r light-skinned and she's doing fine.
Because people purchase the music they create.
do you all still think i carried for assange nah it was a love letter that i didn't write.
i really feel as a newspaper for the people that you could help australia canada usa get their original settlers icon on their own flag. imagine if it was the other way around. you can't your brain cannot conceive anything other than dominance. hearts
for me when i found out my aboriginal heritage confirming my confinement by that santose mantose food company that tested on children i was disappointed and sad that were no aboriginal icons australia. you pigs africans have motown and huge greats oz had a runner and an actor
part 2 therefore confirming the existance of the unmentionables. so much programming those artists. also one very angry arse. the day before in greenwich village the black people cheered and took photos i was an artist.
because real black like my great grandfather are seen as djinn. not their fault like the black cat. to show racism i painted cartoons but switched the colours. white became black etc. in greenwich village ny the older white artists ganged up on me slandering me with djinn love.
Because they produce more marketable music? Why do people like beef in meat pies better than chicken ? Why do journalists use race to get extra clicks? The world is a mystery...
Huh?! I thought that would be a DailyMailUK post
What a racist title, evil haters, u belong to jail for hate and white genocide, according to your own racist laws
Oh fgs is the world so quiet at the moment we have to play the race card? We could be at war with Iran soon! We have a muppet postential PM! Step up fgs or you will go under!
Who cares the charts are shite. No one of any colour, with any real talent should give two effs about the charts. Full of over produced nobodies on auto tune.
Having grown up with Nina Simone, Joan Armatrading, Tracey Chapman etc, this is a retrogressive trend. Things have gotten worse.
Oh God, here we go. If you are any good and people like you, you will get in the charts whatever colour you are.
The BBCWorld has some stupid headline about whether or not a pink haired lesbian can be an American hero, and you come with this? Who the hell is 'manning' these offices over the weekend?
So they can shag their white producers
And who controls the industry?🤔
Better songs. End of.
Because the pop industry isn't about talent but about attractiveness and saleability, and people in general find light skinned people more attractive.
Can you let me know of your favourite dark skinned female artist, so i can spend my money on her latest record just to be politically correct?
You tell me? Maybe it is because they are the best!!
WHO CARES!!
Why are you so racist?
Why,Is that a crime?
Is there any conceivable other reason besides that is who Media gives all the attention to? Case in point, the white-media Cardi B messiah complex. Nothing of the sort got anywhere near Lil Kim or Foxy Brown. In fact, *clear* animosity toward Nikki's YM made fame is what drove it
Naah, it's merely about how good their banger sucking skill is.
...and the award for Most Guardian Article of the Week goes to...
Is this the parody account?
because everything white is better... White women are prettier but only 2% of the world population why don't you write an expose about something important like that? stopadani abolishice unhcr withrefugees vicpol bringthemhere
playing the race card.
Because racism. The answer is always racism
Because they do
Because both black and white males on the whole prefer white or pale skinned woman
Maybe some record execs saw Beyoncé slaying it and tried to replicate that as much as possible to cash in? It doesn’t have to so sinister
Stay in your lane ! We have real issues we dealing with on the streets of London. No time for your puff piece on race. Try reporting on some real issues. I ain't even clicking.
A lot of you don’t have the range for this article/conversation and it shows.
Who cares? There are more important issues in this world to focus on. This headline only helps to further racism. It’s all to do with talent and not skin colour. Now the dumb and dumber are newspapers. Is there any intelligent life left? FML.
Darker women of color have known the answer for years. colorism benefits lighter bc lighter is associated with white. Thx u colonialism. It's everywhere Europeans conquered.
Because all the darker skinned folk took up the top rap chart slots
Race baiting once again
What a moronic article. Get a life.
No me he dado cuenta！、、 doh！
because you can see more facial details in stage lights and they are to be found more 'aesthetically pleasing'-looks/sex sell more than music, didn't you know? Pop charts hardly reflect what THINKING people's music preferences are though.
I like Ruby Turner.....Pure talent.
Why is kings place surrounded by scruffy white guys smoking rollys?
Because they make the music that appeals to the most people? Or at the very least perform it.
Don't know if the charts are considered a true metric of success these days...the one thing I do know is if I like a song, my immediate thought isn't I wonder what the performer's skin colour is? All I think is I'm really glad they made this music.
Darker skinned women should be proud of not churning out the formulaic crap that dominates the pop charts
What does “light skinned” even mean? You’ve taken a non defined term and used it to push a narrative. There have been some amazing black, white, mixed race and other ethnicities who’ve had amazing Chart success, and people listen to music and don’t see skin colour.
Why is the guardian full of white middle class snowflakes
Who cares
Great question.
🤣🤣🤣 Race bait of the day 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Why do media organisations continually look for ways to stir up things when society is already so divided Report on news, thats what you're supposed to do ffs.
IDK,I couldn’t tell the color of their skin through my headphones 🎧
I guess it’s cos the pop charts are white supremacists upholding structural systems of oppression and sheeeiit.
Arse butter. Close the door on the way out. 😐
What a terribly pathetic pointless article
Also, why are there so few eskimos, or disabled people in the top 10 charts? Something sinister must be going on.
White skin is seen as a status indicator among some dark-skinned people. I saw this when I worked abroad. Whitening creams sold a lot in places like Malaysia and Indonesia because white skin was associated with being wealthy. It's awful, but there it is.
Oh do piss off. This is ridiculous.
Me thinks the lady doth protest too much about racism
Those celebs worship white audiences, white designers and white magazines.
It's true, tho!!!
FFS! Maybe because students like indie music and 13-year-olds like the rest of the charts.
Because they are good musicians and or singers?
racism is ignorance tolerated
Of course us black/mixed race women are so privileged that can repeat the words of the idiot Kanye West referring to us as “mutts” without batting a eye lid & “lighties” ++. If you’re going to tackle an issue like this at least make some attempt to do it responsibly.
Who gives a shit?
Welcome to the next wave of woke-ism.
The colour of someone’s skin should have no relevance to anything whatsoever in this day and age ffs
What does skin color have to do with singing? It doesn’t & if it’s considered important to you then you might be a racist. Stop thinking about race & skin color, neither is important. Start thinking character & ability, those ARE important.
They may dominate the charts but they don't dominate my vintage jazz record collection.
Who knows. They all sound the same.
What ? Like Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross , Nina Simone , Tina Turner ,Ella Fitzgerald, Dionne Warwick, Randy Crawford and all the rest of the most brilliant negro women singers .
Why do you think?
EdwardJanes1 so obsessed with racism that even black people with lighter skin aren't safe 😂
Stupid question.
Better singers?
I’m not sure what the colour of someone’s skin has got to do with talent but, are you actually allowed to say that on Twitter anymore without being suspended.
This is appaling. Light skin privilege is a thing. It's almost like artists are analysed and judged on their looks by studios and radio stations. We shouldn't mention that all the male stars look like they're Photoshoped compared to how rock singers looked in the 70s and 80s
Are the Guardian pretending to not understand stuff again?
Are they bleaching themselves?
Wrong question. Why do women whiten their skin after selling a few albums?
Because gracejones can't be arsed.
Probably because they make music that is POPULAR.
Is the majority of the female population of the planet light skinned?
Honestly never noticed. Who cares. Hopefully reflects popularity. The real question would be are others deliberately excluded.
Because people enjoy listening to their music and never think about this colossal bullshit that you thrive on?
...do they? 🤷🏻♂️
Why is everything about skin colour and race these days
🤦♂️
FFS lol. In a few years there will be an article in the Guardian entitled 'Why are there still white people on this earth'
Here come the ignorant comments by people who don't understand the subject.
Marketing trying to appeal to everyone. Gone are the days talent was the foremost factor in success. Beyonce can't even sing.
If whites prefer to have white role models they are racists. If any other race prefers to have their own kind as role models, they are amazing people who respect their tradition.
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